Health Providers: Kathleen Wynne

Kathleen Wynne: "The reality is our health providers are going to help people anyway," said Wynne, according to CTV. "We have, as a province, said this is unacceptable," she said. "The people who have been getting the services through the federal program will now be eligible to get services through a provincial program, because it is irresponsible of us ... as a society not to provide these services." - Ontario is providing health care coverage for refugee claimants because the federal government abdicated its responsibility, Premier Kathleen Wynne said Friday, earning a quick rebuke from Ottawa. Defending Ontario's decision to extend health care benefits to newcomers who were cut off by the federal government 18 months ago, Wynne said it would be wrong to leave some refugee claimants without access to care. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.